Chinese symbol for “tinfoil”
锡箔
xī bó
Traditional: 錫箔
tinfoil
The closest CC-CEDICT match for tinfoil is 锡箔 (xī bó), defined as: tinfoil.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “tinfoil”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 锡箔.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 锡矿 (錫礦) | xī kuàng | tin ore |
| 锡纸 (錫紙) | xī zhǐ | tinfoil |
| 锡剧 (錫劇) | xī jù | Wuxi opera (which developed in the area around Wuxi 无锡 (Wú xī)) |
| 锡杖 (錫杖) | xī zhàng | (Buddhism) khakkhara; staff topped with metal rings, traditionally carried by Buddhist monks |
| 焊锡 (焊錫) | hàn xī | solder |
| 金箔 | jīn bó | gold leaf |
| 铝箔 (鋁箔) | lǚ bó | aluminum foil |
| 铝箔纸 (鋁箔紙) | lǚ bó zhǐ | aluminum foil |
See also: Japanese symbol for “tinfoil”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.